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laws¹

  • /lɔːz/
  • /lɑz/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɔːz

noun

  1. plural plural of law
  2. US, slang, uncommon The police.
  3. dated, possibly A minced oath for Lord. Laws, bless us, who'd have thought it!

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of law

Laws²

proper noun Lawses

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California, United States, named after railroad official R. J. Laws.

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Law

LAWs³

noun

  1. plural plural of LAW

LAWS⁴

noun LAWS · LAWSs · LAWSes

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of lethal autonomous weapons system

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Closest in meaning: pentateuch, torah, codes, lois, acts, ley, lei, france, standards, right, act, ch, regime, entitled, entitlement, wet

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"laws." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/laws. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

laws. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/laws

Chicago

"laws." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/laws.

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@misc{laws_2026,
  title = {laws},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laws},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}